Trembling aspen competition and climate effects on white spruce growth in boreal mixtures of Western Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 277, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-73

  Cortini, F ^a   Comeau, P G ^a   Bokalo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Competition; Conifer growth; Mixedwood forests; Trembling aspen; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CONIFER GROWTH; MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; TREMBLING ASPEN; WHITE SPRUCE;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCLIMATE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MIXED FOREST; SOIL TYPE;

CANADA; CANADA BALSAM; CLIMATES; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SOFTWOODS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84861007345     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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